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I woke up this morning craving pumpkin pancakes, and I don’t even know if I’ve ever made them before.  I asked Tony if he would like some:  “No!”  I asked Hannah if she would eat some: “Yes!”  So it was two against one!  I should preface to say Tony rarely eats breakfast! But before I get to the recipe and pics, Tony WON again in...

Once again, in an attempt to trick Tony that tonight is not again Pizza Party Friday, I decided to make Mexican Pizza! With the leftovers from the refried beans and taco meat, a delicious pizza was born! The first layer?  A mixture of 1/2 can fat free refried beans with a half can of enchilada sauce: The rest of the ingredients – except no jalapenos...

It was again 50 degrees this morning, so Ed and I took another 30 minute walk.  We got almost to the river when he spotted the ducks!  He scared them away though! Then I came home and enjoyed more peppermint coffee, thanks to Hannah! Breakfast was oats, water, 3 oz. diced apple and a couple tablespoons of granola.  The only thing I don’t like about...

I have been out of these for the longest time!  Now I have a years months supply! Taco night – dinner was quick because Hannah had fall follies dress rehearsal – out of the 2000 kids that go to Hannah’s school, 450 are involved in fall follies – its a big musical extravaganza – so well put together!  They have four performances next week. So...

I once had a boss that had all these motivational signs framed all over his office.  Today my friend showed me this website – I had to get a kick out of this one! It actually made me laugh out loud!  Anywho, lunch part II – AND THE MYSTERY SOUP WAS (drum roll please . . . SPLIT PEA WITH HAM!   Now you would think the...

Okay I RARELY buy these prepackaged meals, but the store by me is going through a complete makeover and EVERYTHING is on sale.  This caught my eye, as did the price – $1.25!  Since I ate breakfast so early, by 11:30 I was starving, so decided to heat this up and then save my mystery soup for later in the day.  The verdict?  It actually...

I am lucky because my office has Starbuck’s breakfast blend – there’s just nothing like that first cup of coffee! Our thin steaks left us kind of snackish last night so I made popcorn in our enameled stock pot – it turned out so crunchy! This morning I took Ed on a 30 minute walk – it was almost 50 degrees this morning!  When I got...

My local grocery store on my drive home has clearance meat where the sell by date is either tomorrow or the next day.  I picked up two steaks at 50% off!  They were thin (which Tony loves – NOT!) and I may have overcooked them a tad.  But Ed sure liked the bones! But this afternoon I was doing some dictation, when all of a...

of my lunch today.  I took 3 ounces of shrimp and 3 ounces of pasta from Tony’s dinner last night and mixed them with mixed stirfry veggies and the last tablespoon of szechwan sauce and peanut sauce.  Yum!  His response: “you are ruining the subtle flavors I so lovingly prepared!” Biggest Loser Update: I hate Vicky!  She is so mean spirited – I am so...

I woke up to the smell of peppermint coffee – thanks Hannah!  Well, I should thank my mom, she’s the one who gave those beans to us!  She volunteers at a food pantry and last year they had POUNDS of peppermint coffee – only problem was that they were whole beans, and since they were prepackaged, they couldn’t just grind them and repackage them – I...